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Area Decontamination Immersion Center

Area Decontamination Immersion Center

This Area Decontamination Immersion Center presents information about automated technologies that can enhance manual cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in healthcare facilities, specifically the use of germicidal ultraviolet light. The center includes a report and a slide show on the science behind the latest area decontamination technologies, as well as a report on the newest studies in the literature pointing to the benefits of UV-C light in controlling and eliminating pathogens that transmit infections.

Evaluating the medical literature is one of the most critical steps toward understanding the challenges to and benefits of environmental surface disinfection using automated decontamination systems. Many choices exist in the marketplace currently, and healthcare professionals are advised healthcare institution leadership and infection prevention stakeholders to carefully consider a number of factors that comprise smart product evaluation, trialing and purchasing. Click here to download.

Operating rooms (ORs) can be grubby environments that require robust cleaning and disinfection protocols in between cases when warranted and at terminal cleaning. One aspect of OR contamination is the relationship between hand contact by members of the surgical services team with the operating theatre environment, an especially dangerous scenario without the requisite hand hygiene. Another aspect is ensuring proper cleaning and disinfection of the OR, with consideration of how automated technology can serve as an effective adjunct to manual processes and help boost SSI-prevention efforts. Click here to download.

Pulsed xenon technology has been shown to work in a lab setting, but it is also supplementing manual cleaning and making a difference in the healthcare environment. This report summarizes recent studies that have examined pulsed xenon technology. Click here to download.

Infection preventionists, environmental services directors, purchasing managers and members of the hospital C-suite are finding themselves at the intersection of cost and quality when it comes to evaluating technology for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). In this report, we take a look at the fiscal trends affecting hospital reimbursement, the necessity of achieving return on investment (ROI), and the importance of making an effective business case for infection control-related services and technologies. Click here to download.

Hospital leaders in the C-suite and infection preventionists (IPs) perceive many issues related to environmental hygiene somewhat similarly, according to the results of two separate surveys of IPs and healthcare institution/system administrators conducted in May 2015 by Infection Control Today magazine. This report summarizes the survey data. Click here to download.

This Q&A demonstrates how an infection preventionist oversaw a program to control infections that included a bundle approach of automatic isolation, bleach disinfection, antimicrobial stewardship and a hand hygiene accountability program. Pulsed xenon technology was added to this program to improve patient outcomes and drive down Clostridium difficile infection rates. Click here to download.

This Q&A explores the best practices observed by a healthcare facility seeking to drive down infection rates through use of a multi-modal strategy to target healthcare-associated infections. Click here to download.

The Valley Hospital is an acute care, not-for-profit hospital in northern New Jersey's Bergen County offering a full array of clinical services. Faced with an increasing burden of C. difficile infections (CDI), The Valley Hospital searched for a solution to get this under control. This Whitepaper will outline the solution, implementation and final results of their successful journey to minimize the harm incurred by CDI.

This Whitepaper explores the experience of Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville, Ky. and its adoption of the Germ-Zapping Robot from Xenex Disinfection Services. The facility worked with its hospital foundation to secure a gift that would cover the cost of the device acquisition. The process included explaining the requested gift and its benefits to patients and/or staff, and working with the senior leadership team and hospital directors to determine whether the device fit the mission of the hospital. Click here to download.

This Whitepaper summarizes the lessons that Sodexo has learned when evaluating no-touch room disinfection systems as a means to improve the company's existing patient-focused infection prevention service model. No-touch disinfection, also called “area disinfection," is a means of disinfecting an enclosed space. This can be achieved using either ultraviolet light (UV) or hydrogen peroxide vapor (HPV). Click here to download.